The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-19

and hence the people of Texai
should feel proud of their owl
mountains, and regard them as be
: ing the most desirable and attrac
tive portions of the State. Othel
localities may have greater produc-
tiveness and may possess more
wealth, but these without the great
er boon of health, can nevere give
,1sAti-e satisfaction TO any people.
But if mountainous region is
both convenient and accessible to
such people, then a temporary
change of climate for short sea-
son will prove highly advanta-
geous, and all persons who are at
all able to make such change
will be sure to do so. Texas then,
having a vast extent of rich agri-
cultural lands, and a large scope of
mountainous region also, possesses
all the elements of a great and
happy country within her own
borders. The whole region of the
State from San Antonio to the Pan
Handle is more or less mountain
Gus and is exceedingly healthy,
and all that is necessary to devel-
op this region and make it a great
health resort for the balance of
the State, is to make it accessible
by opening up railroads all through
it, thus enabling the citizens of
eastern and southern Texas, to
reach the mountains in few hours
and to return whenever they de-
sire. Our people would then have
no excuse for leaving their own
State to attend watering places
and summer resorts in other
States, as they now do. Ample &C.
commodations could be afforded
as fast as demanded. Our own
citizens would be encouraged and |
our own state built up. Constant
communication between the differ
ent sections of the state would be
promoted; a common interest for
all sections would be cultivated |
'.,snnn9 ttrezcitizens cf tto Stata
and the general prosperity of all
would be enhanced.-From Ra-
mays Texas Almanac 1885.
1t falls to the lot of the Sun this
week to chronicle dreadful crime
and to report the loss of valua-
BILE citizen. Late Saturday after
noon Deputy Sheriff w. J. STAN
ley, who lived a little south of
Florence, having understood that
his fence was down at certain
place, went out to put up the fence
and on the way he left stake
rope at the place where he usually !
staked his horse, and which place J
was only short distance from his
dwelling Having put up the
fence, he rode back about dark, i
staked his horse and had startep .
10 walk to the house when he was a
fred upon by two men who were
in waiting for him. He was shot
en- times, being shot in the breast
md back and both legs and arms :
being broken. Two men who were c
1t Mr.. SANKEY'S residence took j.
pistols and ran out to where the o
Ihooting occurred, but when they
cached the place they found only
lr. Stanley's lifeless body. As N
peedily as practicable, officers t!
md citizens instituted search for y
md pursuit of the murderers, who u
,assed through the western part q,
f the town of Florence and went b
n a westerly direction. At this o.
writing, there is no intelligence of n
he arrest of any one charged with |
he murder. Mr.. Stanley was i i
Tell known citizen and a very eff
icient officer. His earnestness
nd valuable services in plans and tt
ndeavors for breaking up horse a.
tealing doubtless led to his being t.
nost foully assassinated. Shame y y
is that a man who exerts him :"
elf for the protection of property r
OF which men have honestly I'll
'orked should thus be brutally al
lied by miscreants who have no
aspect for properly rights and :
Tho, to carry out their villainous
lans or to prevent their detection, 8
o not hesitate to commit murder. n
'igorous efforts are being made til
Or the capture of the murderers &c
this useful officer.-Georgetown 81 $,
un. u
The Atlanta Constitution states ca
solemn fact in the following: Sc
One of the most frequent forms re
vanity in these days is the COM n
laint of insignificant men that in
iey are abused and prosecuted by ty
le newspapers. In nearly every W u,
,cfonca of The Eip1 tbn ,.,..I,,.- 70